Answering Machine Definition

ănsər-ĭng
noun
A device for answering one's telephone and recording callers' messages.
American Heritage
An electronic device using recording tape or a semiconductor chip to take or give telephone messages automatically.
Webster's New World

A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.

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Noun

Singular:
answering machine
Plural:
answering-machines

Answering Machine Sentence Examples

  • It's like when you hear your voice on someone's answering machine and you think ' God, is that me?

  • Dean called the auctioneer but reached only his answering machine.

  • I guessed you were, but ma doesn't have an answering machine.

  • A telephone answering machine will receive your messages at other times.

  • Outside normal office hours an answering machine service provides relevant information.

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